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package grails.rest.render

import grails.web.mime.MimeTypeProvider

/**
 * Interface for class that render RESTful responses to implement
 *
 * @author Graeme Rocher
 * @since 2.3
 */
interface Renderer<T> extends MimeTypeProvider {

    /**
     * @return The target type
     */
    Class<T> getTargetType()

    /**
     * Renders the object
     *
     * @param object The object to render
     * @param context The {@link RenderContext}
     */
    void render(Object object, RenderContext context)
}
